Bradley, 35, was accused of threatening and attacking his wife on five occasions in 2011 and 2012. In one incident, prosecutors said, Bradley picked up a baseball bat and swung it at his wife. He also was accused of showing her a picture of a gun and saying, “This is the gun that I’m going to kill you with.”

A jury in Los Angeles convicted him June 3 on nine counts of spousal battery, and he faced a possible sentence of 7 1/2 years. At a hearing Tuesday, Bradley was sentenced to 960 days in jail — about two years and eight months — and was also ordered to perform 400 hours of community service.

Prosecutors say Bradley threatened and attacked his wife five times in 2011 and 2012. In one incident, Bradley pushed his wife against a wall and choked her after she asked him to stop smoking marijuana in front of their children and wanted his friends to leave their home, authorities said.

The two have been married for five years and have two children together, but are separated and in the middle of a contentious divorce.

Bradley joined the Mariners in 2010 after 10 previous years in the MLB. But in those 10 years, largely due to his difficult and unpredictable nature in the clubhouse, he bounced around seven different teams before the Mariners.

M’s manager Eric Wedge, left, restrains Milton Bradley after he was ejected for arguing with an umpire May 6, 2011, at Safeco Field. Bradley appeared in two more games before Seattle designated him for assignment. (Otto Greule Jr/Getty Images)

His most productive season came in 2008, when he was an All-Star during his one year with the Texas Rangers. He batted .321 with 22 home runs and a league-leading .436 on-base percentage.

In 2010, his first season with the Mariners, Bradley batted just .205 with 50 hits, 29 RBIs and eight home runs in 244 at-bats over 73 games. That year was cut short by knee surgery in August. The next season, he hit .218 with 22 hits and two homers over just 28 games.

He was released May 16, 2011, after taking a leave of absence to work out “emotional issues.” A week before he was designated for assignment, he had been suspended for one game by the MLB for yelling at an umpire.

Bradley has a history of run-ins with police. In 2004 he was arrested for allegedly confronting an officer in Ohio during a traffic stop. He pleaded guilty in 2004 to a reduced charge and served three days in jail. Later that year, he was charged with failure to comply after allegedly driving away from a police officer after failing to sign a speeding ticket.

When he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2005, he threw a plastic water bottle at a fan and confronted a Los Angeles Times reporter in the clubhouse.

The Mariners acquired Bradley from the Chicago Cubs before the 2010 season in exchange for pitcher Carlos Silva and was expected to provide some much needed offense. He clashed with Cubs manager Lou Piniella and wore out his welcome in Chicago.